As a former law enforcement officer, I cannot see how they charged this guy with a simple misdemeanor assault. That is preposterous. I don’t care how drunk or belligerent the other person was. In fact, that might be more of a reason not to strike him, and just call 911. I would bet the house that phone calls were made to some very important people. He got away with manslaughter.

Usually I wouldn’t engage but I really feel it’s important to acknowledge and appreciate that the Astoria Post allows simple folk like yourself to engage the rest of the public and it gives you the platform to unload your freezing cold takes and opinions on things. Keep em coming Chuckster

I would never try and censor your opinions. They are quite entertaining and help me feel better about my iq. Also, I know the president has trained you to react and label everyone who doesn’t agree with you as a liberal, but you need to realize Trump isn’t going to see this which won’t help your ultimate goal of getting to spend the night with him.

Yes, crime over the past 20/30 years is overall down but it started climbing back up over the last 2 years because of Deblasio’s bad policies and restrictions put on police. This mayor is ruining all the hard work of Giuliani and Bloomberg.

The NYC Ferry system is set to undergo a significant expansion in coming months, with the Astoria route, connecting the western Queens neighborhood to Wall Street, getting a new stop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this spring.

A 24-year-old Brooklyn man who crashed his car on the BQE in 2017 and left a 25-year-old Astoria woman inside his burning vehicle to die was sentenced yesterday to four to 12 years in prison, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.